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Regan Says FY25 Request Seeks To Boost ‘Capacity’ For Sector-Based Rules

EPA Administrator Michael Regan told House appropriators that the agency’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for significantly higher staffing levels would help build “capacity” to write future rulemaking packages for cement and other manufacturing sectors similar to its recent issuance of four major rules for the power-generating sector.

DOE Drops ‘High-Level’ Nuclear Waste Definition In Hanford Cleanup Deal

EPA, the Energy Department (DOE) and Washington state have agreed to amend their settlement for the cleanup of DOE’s massive Hanford, WA, nuclear waste complex, setting new deadlines for completing a long-sought waste treatment plant while dropping use of the department’s controversial new definition of “high-level radioactive waste” (HLW) that allowed for eased disposal options.

From Climate Extra
Ethanol Groups Challenge Fuel Economy Formula In EPA’s Auto Rule

Several ethanol groups are challenging EPA’s update to test-fuel requirements, adopted alongside the agency’s final passenger vehicle emissions rulemaking, claiming that a revised fuel economy calculation to account for the test fuel unlawfully boosts the stringency of fuel economy standards.

CEQ Issues Tougher NEPA Rule While Downplaying Fears On Permit Delays

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has finalized its controversial Phase 2 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rule strengthening review and mitigation requirements while downplaying fears that the measure will slow permitting for a range of energy, transportation and other projects.

From Inside TSCA
EPA Finalizes Methylene Chloride Rule Seen As Model For TSCA Standards

EPA has finalized its TSCA risk management rule for the solvent methylene chloride that top officials say will be a model for future chemical policies under the reformed law, maintaining the strict workplace exposure limit in its 2023 proposal while lengthening phaseout deadlines for some uses and adding a de minimis threshold sought by industry.

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